All the talk about how Donald Trump can’ win a general election is getting blown up once again. In key swing state of North Carolina, Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton in the latest polling. You may remember North Carolina went for Obama 2008 and barely went for Romney in 2012. Ben Carson does even better against Hillary Clinton leading her by seven points in North Carolina. The GOP’s golden boy Jeb Bush is tied with Hillary Clinton in the same poll.
Donald Trump’s lead in North Carolina is equal to those who are deemed electable by the GOP hacks such as John Kasich (Ohio), Mike Huckabee and Gov. Scott Walker. Hillary Clinton beats Rand Paul and another GOP golden boy Chris Christie.
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Hillary Clinton lags behind eight Republican contenders in hypothetical head to head match-ups in North Carolina, including GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
Trump tops Clinton 45 percent to 42 percent in the latest survey from Democratic firm Public Policy Polling released Wednesday.
While Trump’s lead is within the poll’s overall 3-point margin of error, two Republicans, Ben Carson and Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), lead Clinton outright in hypothetical contests.
Carson leads Clinton 47 percent to 40 percent, while Rubio leads 45 percent to 41 percent.
Carly Fiorina, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Ark.) and Gov. Scott Walker (Wis.) also lead Clinton by 3 percent or less head to head.Clinton, a former secretary of State, leads both Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Gov. Chris Christie (N.J.), while she’s tied with former Gov. Jeb Bush (Fla.) at 42 percent.
Democratic contender Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) polls similarly against the Republican field, on average about 1.5 percent worse than Clinton, the party front-runner, according to PPP’s average.
North Carolina is considered a swing state in the general election. GOP nominee Mitt Romney won it by a small margin in 2012, four years after then-Illlinois Sen. Barack Obama won his own slight victory.
Trump continues to add to his large lead in the state.